The Army spent years trying to build a fitness test that ignored gender, only to discover that biology, politics, and combat readiness refuse to fit neatly on the same scorecard.

The Army's old fitness test edged closer to termination after the service on Monday said in a memo reviewed by Military.com to the force that soldiers flagged for a failed assessment can lift it by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army unveiled its controversial new fitness test on Wednesday, a dramatically revamped set of requirements for soldiers that ...

FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- The United States Army wants you to get in better shape. Actually, they want their soldiers to train harder, smarter and more efficiently. “It was time to look at how do we ...

ATLANTA — The new sergeant major of the Army offered a full-throated endorsement of the Army Combat Fitness Test on Tuesday as lawmakers on Capitol Hill debate defense spending and the future of the ...

Sgt. 1st Class Denise Hruschka completes the sprint-drag-carry event of the Army Combat Fitness Test on July 22, 2021, Fort Carson, Colorado. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Woodlyne Escarne) The Army's old ...